Situation of obesity and diabetes in Paraguay

Authors

  • Atilio Castillo Ruiz Hospital General de Luque, Paraguay

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47196/diab.v56i3Sup.526

Keywords:

diabetes mellitus, obesity, paraguay

Abstract

The National Survey of Risk Factors for Noncommunicable Diseases in 2011 gave these data: 9.7% of the adult population with Diabetes, 22.3% Obesity and the whole Obesity - Overweight: 57.6%. In the original towns 39.9%.

In Paraguay, Law No. 5372/14 «Prevention and Comprehensive Care of Diabetes», includes everything from education in schools to coverage of comprehensive treatment of patients with Diabetes and Law No. 4959/13 "For the prevention and treatment of eating disorders and their harmful effects on health”, are key elements for policies on Diabetes and Obesity.

Author Biography

Atilio Castillo Ruiz, Hospital General de Luque, Paraguay

Medical Doctor; General Coordinator of the Center for High Complexity in Diabetes

References

-

Downloads

Published

2022-09-01

How to Cite

Castillo Ruiz, A. (2022). Situation of obesity and diabetes in Paraguay. Journal of the Argentine Society of Diabetes, 56(3Sup), 33–33. https://doi.org/10.47196/diab.v56i3Sup.526

Issue

Vol. 56 No. 3Sup (2022): September/December 2022

Section

Situation of obesity and diabetes in Latin America

License

Copyright (c) 2022 on behalf of the authors. Reproduction rights: Argentine Diabetes Society

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Dirección Nacional de Derecho de Autor, Exp. N° 5.333.129. Instituto Nacional de la Propiedad Industrial, Marca «Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Diabetes - Asociación Civil» N° de concesión 2.605.405 y N° de disposición 1.404/13.

La Revista de la SAD está licenciada bajo Licencia Creative Commons Atribución – No Comercial – Sin Obra Derivada 4.0 Internacional.

Por otra parte, la Revista SAD permite que los autores mantengan los derechos de autor sin restricciones.